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Title: A Profile of National and State-level Marriage Rates in the U.S., 1880-2018: A Research Note

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Publication Year: 2021

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Abstract: This paper investigates national and state-level trends in the adjusted marriage rate in the United States spanning nearly 140 years. While dramatic shifts in American family throughout the 20th century is a widely touted phrase, the trends in the geographic variation in marriage rates remains unknown. Using data from numerous Government publications we present visual representations of the adjusted marriage rate in the U.S. over a long historical time span (1880-2019) disaggregating the marriage rate by state. Our goal is to highlight both spatial (at the state-level) and temporal variation in marriage patterns in the U.S.

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Authors: Westrick-Payne, Krista K.

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Institution: Department of Sociology & Center for Family and Demographic Research

Pages: 1-32

Publisher Location: Bowling Green

Data Collections: IPUMS USA, IPUMS CPS

Topics: Family and Marriage

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